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The subject files are topical files containing newspaper clippings and various secondary sources covering most aspects of life in DeKalb County. Subject Files cover topics such as churches, neighborhoods, schools, farms and businesses.


Box 41: 

Domestic Life

Civil Defense

Civil War games

DeKalb County Partnerships for Change - Enterprise Community Application - 1994 (good statistics on life in DeKalb)

Fashion

Fairs (DeKalb County Fairs - 1954 Fair Program)

Flags

Hobbyists - Old and New

Fairs - Decatur - DeKalb



Box 42: 

Entertainment - Performing Arts, Movies, Theatre:

Arts Council of Druid Hills

"Driving Miss Daisy"

Dunwoody Stage Door Players

Harlequin Playhouse

Livery Stable (the Galloway Family)

Indigo Girls

Neighborhood Playhouse

"Paris Trout" - filmed at Old Courthouse

Performing Arts Camp

Theatre Clippings (general file on the theatre in DeKalb)



Box 43: 

Government - Courts - 

List of DeKalb clerks, sheriffs, treasurers, tax receivers, surveyors, and coroners, 1822-1979:

City Attorney
City Tax Digest (1848)
Clerk
Coroners
Criminal Court
DeKalb & Atlanta Boundary Cases (Kennedy v. Howard, DeKalb v. Atlanta)
District Attorney
Grand Jury (List 1908, 1947-1959)
Inferior Court
Judges
Juvenile
Legal Defense
Magistrate
New Courthouse (1967 courthouse)
Officers
Old City Court
Peoples Law School
Probate
Recorder
Solicitors
Superior Court
Surveyors
Treasurer
Tax Receiver - Assessors

Box 44: 

Government - Board of Commissioners:
Board, 1980-1987, 1997
Budget (1980, 1981, 1982, 1988, 1989)
Budget, Finance, Zoning, Land Use, & Other (1990, 1991, 1992)
Chief Executive Officer office (1990)
Community Relations Committee
County Directory (1986)
Proposal 1990
Tax Issues (1991)

Box 45: 

Government:
Candidate Biographies
Commission Race 1992
DeKalb County Officers, 1923-1980
DeKalb County Races 1986 - 1988
DeKalb Democrats
Elections 1992 CEO
Elections (costs, procedures, results)
GA Regis. DeKalb 1923-1980
Hubert Humphrey note
Judicial Candidates
1931 Election (#1985-8)
Natl. Memorabilia
Oakhurst Voter List (1962-1964)
Political Directories 1958 - 1959
School Board 1992
UGA Extensions Report 
Voting Handbook (1946 & 1959)

Box 46: 

Government - Commission Reports:
Annual Reports (1957, 1958, 1962-1964, 1994-1998)
Blue Ribbon Committee Report (1995)
Budget (1998)
Financial Reports (1962-1964, 1975)
Progress Reports (1977-1980)

Box 47: 

Government - Politics and Elections:
Congressional Race
Dean, James E.
Jones, Ben
Levitas, Elliot (biography)
Swindall & Jones Contest for Congress (U.S.)

Box 48: 

Government - Commissioners:
Board of Commissioners (1960 & 1970)
Bond Issue (1970)
Citizen's Handbook & Proposal (1972 & 1974)
County Employee Bulletins (1961-1964)
County Unit System (1952)
List of County Commissioners, 1823 - 1984
Mr. Emmerich 
Proposal Subdivision (1964)
Report on DeKalb Govts. (1954)

Box 49: 

Government:
DeKalb County Fire Dept.

Box 50:

Government:
Alms House
Animal Control & Humane Society
Crime Prevention, 1970-1979, 1987)
DeKalb Jail
DeKalb Public Works
Department of Public Safety
Diversion Center
Extension Service
Family Services
Historic Preservation Commission
Honor Farm (Panthersville)
Planning Public Safety and Emergency
Police Department:
General History
Helicopter
Peace Officers Memorial
Policemen Killed in action
Sheriffs
Yearbook (1965, 1967, 1968)

Paupers Farm Location & Cemetery Relocation (1915)



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